For the current legislative session, I guess. Then Democrats will try again. Also, as noted a few posts back, plenty of bills got through. Once https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB421 is signed, Virginia is a lost cause. Celebration is misguided. Gun owners in the state already have lost.

I haven’t been following this mess super close but a thought did pop into my head.
Is this the first Confederate state where an attempt has been made to disarm it?
You‘d figure they would have learned their lesson by now?

For the current legislative session, I guess. Then Democrats will try again. Also, as noted a few posts back, plenty of bills got through. Once https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB421 is signed, Virginia is a lost cause. Celebration is misguided. Gun owners in the state already have lost.

I haven’t been following this mess super close but a thought did pop into my head.
Is this the first Confederate state where an attempt has been made to disarm it?
You‘d figure they would have learned their lesson by now?

Probably never going to happen. Once signed, these new laws are here to stay. Once municipalities, which primarily are Democratically controlled, take advantage of HB421, you can forget getting rid of the dozens of local firearm bans that will have been enacted. With regard to population, much of Virginia is really just a suburb of extremely-Democratic DC. Plus there is the double-whammy of Democrats being ascendant nationally as support for the RKBA is dying out. In a few years, Virginia will be like any other ban state.

The House has approved the governor’s seven other gun-control bills, which would:
●Enact universal background checks on private gun sales.
●Require an owner to report the loss or theft of a firearm within 24 hours.
●Give local governments the authority to ban weapons from public buildings and at certain events.
●Create a “red flag” law, or extreme risk protective order, under which authorities can temporarily seize firearms from someone deemed a threat to himself or others.
●Limit handgun purchases to one per month, a policy that was in effect in Virginia until 2012.
●Tighten the law prohibiting access to firearms for someone subject to a protective order.
●Make it a felony to “recklessly” leave a firearm within reach of anyone 18 or younger, up from the current age of 14, a measure known as “child access prevention.”

The Senate has passed five of the governor’s bills. Majority Leader Richard L. Saslaw (D-Fairfax) withdrew his own assault weapons bill, which had caused an uproar because it would have banned possession, not just sales. The chamber’s bill on lost or stolen firearms was rejected in a floor vote, with Petersen and Sen. Lynwood W. Lewis Jr. (D-Accomack) voting against it. Its version of the child-access-prevention bill died in committee, with Petersen and Deeds joining Republicans in opposition.

Probably never going to happen. Once signed, these new laws are here to stay. Once municipalities, which primarily are Democratically controlled, take advantage of HB421, you can forget getting rid of the dozens of local firearm bans that will have been enacted. With regard to population, much of Virginia is really just a suburb of extremely-Democratic DC. Plus there is the double-whammy of Democrats being ascendant nationally as support for the RKBA is dying out. In a few years, Virginia will be like any other ban state.

Actually, my feelings and complaints have absolutely no bearing on what bills Democrats choose to take up in Concord, New Hampshire. Firearm prohibitionists float ridiculous bills, we oppose them--often to no avail, and thankfully Governor Sununu prevents them from becoming law. That is how it works for now. It will change once we have a Democratic governor.

Sure. They're "enguaged." It was great that a few thousand committed people showed up for the rally in Virginia, but the state has a population of 8.5 million, 5.7 million of whom are registered voters, a majority of whom elected members of a party wholly committed to firearm prohibition as their political majority.

Is there any value to ALWAYS cc'ing "letters to the editor" at several local newspapers when sending letters to congress critters? And obviously noting the cc in bold print at the bottom of the letter.

SB 69 One handgun purchase per month, with exceptions including CCW holders. Has now passed Senate and House. The House version removed the exception for CCW holders. So this will now go to a joint committee I assume.

SB 69 One handgun purchase per month, with exceptions including CCW holders. Has now passed Senate and House. The House version removed the exception for CCW holders. So this will now go to a joint committee I assume.